Best Australian bands/artists

Norman Gunston & Frank Zappa

 

I believe The Church are the most underrated rock band of all time.

 

I'd have Billy Birmingham up there with "M A R V E L L O U S". A cultural genius in the land of the crass "Diddy" Davey Warner.

 

AC/DC
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
Midnight Oil
Tame Impala

 

But the original members of AC/DC is australian if I'm not mistaken, now I'm not sure if Brian Johnson are australian but the rest surely were.

 

The Seekers. I can remember Morningtown Ride and The Carnival Is Over from way back when I was a lot younger than I am now.

 

Glasgow (the Young family, mobed when they were kids). Bon Scott Scotland (moved to Australia when he was six). Phil Rudd Melbourne. Mark Evans Melbourne?

 

Thanks I'd never heard his music before, definitely see the Dylan hipster influence there.

One night not many years ago I had the misfortune of finding myself in the insufferable company of a man who was deeply offended that I didn't know every note of Steve Kilbey's recorded output. So there's at least one person out there who thinks that he was the greatest thing ever.

 

He's a brilliant after dinner speaker.

 

That's pretty good ...

 

This turned up in the suggested videos list while I was listening to my previous post. It sounds very '80s to me, a certain kind of guitar-pop that when slowed down turns into "shoegaze" ...

Hideous Towns, Don't Forget:

 

I've been a fan of The Easybeats since Friday On My Mind...

list:
The Best Australian Bands, Ranked

 

True
If you have never heard Merle Haggard sing
That is

 

Very True indeed!

 

Besides the obvious choices for me -- Olivia Newton-John and the Bee Gees -- there are a number of Aussies I adore. My favorite:

James Reyne

 

The criminally underrated (yes - I know it's a cliché), Vika and Linda Bull.

 

I see he's been mentioned on Page 4, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

 

The early, rough, rockin' DiVinyls... before they devolved into wimpy "I Touch Myself" pop.




And a special shout out for the Easybeats' "Friday on my Mind"

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Have THE DRONES been mentioned yet?

 

The Go Betweens?
Nick Cave?
Jim Thirlwell?
Radio Birdman?

 

I didn't read any of this thread, yet,
But some of my favorite bands ever are,
Screaming Tribesman
Hoodoo Gurus
Divinyls (RIP Christine)
Lime Spiders
Easybeats
Midnight Oil
Masters Apprentices
Ripchords
Saints
Angel City
Normie Rowe

 

radio birdman, saints, sunnyboys, screaming tribesmen, died pretty

 

The Angels. Doc Neeson was an absolute madman.

 

Hoodoo Gurus!!! Dig it Up, the whole Stoneage Romeos is a stone cold classic.

I love the Divinyls. Such a cool. Band. All the records have some great songs on em. Cool guitar parts, great rock n roll songs, catchy, and great singer, with a unique cool voice. Love the Divinyls. Kind of forgotten or never was or one hit wonders. I think they are more. Cool rock n roll.

Rose Tatoo, i got turned on to them by a clerk at Aomeba Records. Awesome band. Produced by George Young. Same bar as AC/DC came out of. Somewhat similar. But, with lots of slide and just different. Rock n roll from Australias bars. Cool band. Rockin.

RiP George Young. The Easybeats were a very cool catchy memorable band. Rock on George!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Easybeats / Flash & The Pan
Augie March
The Dolly Rocker Movement
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
Tame Impala
Lovetones
Underground Lovers
Courtney Barnett
Gersey
Gaslight Radio
Drop City